Hare Krsna!
It is written in the scripture that it is not a sin if you kill someone who sets your home fire or one who gives you the poison..
My question is ,
1. Is that applicable for human being or it is applicable for animal being too?
2. If a snake comes near me to bite me, is it a sin if I kill it ??
Hari Bol!
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Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
The answers, as per my understanding, are:
1) Karma is attracted only in manusya yoni. In other words, if a lion kills, he does not attract any karma, but if a human being kills, he attracts karma. It is because of the desire of that soul to eat meat and for violence that it got the body of a lion, therefore, his activities in that yoni do not attract karma.
2) Srila Prabhupada has said that a snake and a scorpion can be killed immediately. However, killing should be only in self defence.
Haribol,
Rashmi